. the thanksgiving travel rush is on. >> and we're following developing news on the east coast where a passenger train has derailed. what happened and who was hurt. >> and new information about the palo alto man being detailed by north korea. what we've learned about his past that may explain why he's being held by the country. >> and what paul walker's friends are saying about the crash that took his life and their desperate efforts to save him. mornings on 2 starts now.

complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning and welcome to mornings on 2. welcome to december. it is sunday december 1st. i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach let's get into it and good morning to you rosemary orozco. >> we have another mild day. today is going to be the warmest of the next several days. subtle changes taking place this morning. i see patchy fog but it is not as dense and thick out there. we'll take a look around coming up in just a moment, it's a chilly one, some areas cooler than yesterday by a few degrees. i'll have your numbers slightly warmer for the second half of our afternoon. i'll have your afternoon highs and wintery weather headed our way. i'll show you when we may see that slight chance for a few scattered showers and just how cold our temperatures will be come midweek coming up. happening now, now that this thanksgiving holiday weekend is coming to an end, the airports across the bay area are preparing for another busy travel day. thousands of passengers are

expected to pass through sfo, oakland international and san san jose monett that today. at san fransisco international 1.2 million travelers are expected to pass through the airport this weekend. if you have a flight scheduled today you are encouraged to arrive 90 minutes early. and make sure you check flight status before you head to the airport. oakland international is seeing fewer passengers flying out of its airport despite spending nearly a half billion million dollars to upgrade its terminal. it's seen a decrease of about 5 million passengers since 2007. sfo has seen a 9 million passenger jump. the decrease is now raising questions about whether ridership on the 3.2-mile b.a.r.t. connector to oakland's airport will justify that $484 million price tag. right now about 3,000 people use the b.a.r.t. airport shuttle bus each day. and we are following

developing news in new york city where four people died after a metro north passenger train derailed in the bronx. it happened shortly after 7:00 this morning eastern time. according to reports, so far eight cars have gone off the tracks, and we can see from video that at least two cars are on their sides. there's no word about how many people were on the train at the time. fast and furious fans are mourning the loss of actor paul walker this morning. walker died yesterday in a car accident in southern california. the 40-year-old was the passenger in his friend's 2005 porsche carrera gt when it crashed and burst into flames. his friends say they tried to save his life. >> there was nothing. we tried. we went through fire extinguishers. >> the los angeles county sheriff's office says speed may have been a factor in the crash. the driver of the car also died. prior to the accident, walker and his friend were attending a charity event to benefit victims of typhoon haiyan in the philippines. paul walker started out his

career by appearing in a pampers commercial when he was just 2 years old. his film career took off when he was cast in the fast and furious movies. >> i need to know for sure. >> then i'm going with you. >> walker was currently working on the 7th film of the franchise which was due out next year. walker was not just a car enthusiast on the silver screen. off screen he competed in the red line races series. he described himself as "out doorsman, ocean addict, adrenaline juneky, and i do some acting on the side. he's survived by his 15-year- old daughter meadow. fans and stars are reacting to his death on social media this morning. walker's costar vin diesel tweeted brothers i will miss you very much. rest in peace, xxx. his other costar tweeted friends never say good-bye. rip paul walker a truly

wonderful person and marie osmond tweeted, my heart is broken for the loss of family friend paul walker. such an amazing actor and person. sending thoughts and prayers to his family. we have new information now on the toddler who fell into a vallejo pond. he does remain in critical condition this morning. police now tell us the 2-year- old poi was fish -- boy was fishing with a guardian around 4 p.m. she was attempting to tie a rope around that child to prevent him from falling into the water. when she briefly turned her back he fell into that pond. she didn't know how to swim and couldn't rescue him. a good samaritan jumped in and started searching. once on scene diane stomeyer jumped into the murky water and after three attempts found him. >> they arrived on scene, within 45 seconds to a minute they were able to identify the location of the child and pull him from the water. he does have life-threatening injuries or is in a life-

threatening condition. >> the area this happened is a popular fishing spot near the fairgrounds and 6 flags discovery kingdom. the boy was first taken to kaiser medical center in vallejo and transferred to oakland where he remains in critical condition this morning. the guardian went to the hospital because she was having breathing problems. there's new information that might explain why north korea is detaining an 85-year- old man from palo alto. friday night north korea released a video in which merrill newman apologized for his role in the korean war six decades ago. reuters news agency and mercury news report he once served in a top secret army unit in which he trained anticommunist gorillas. because no peace treaty was signed north korea considers the conflict against south korea and the u.s. on going and that newman is basically a prisoner of war. a stanford professor who is an expert on asia calls the video propaganda that it may be a sign of something positive to come. >> it's clearly something that he did under some duress and

hopefully to lead to his release. >> officials with the swedish embassy were allowed to visit newman yesterday. the white house security council says it's deeply concerned to newman's well being due to his age and health which includes a heart condition. happening today, people around the world are uniting for the 25th annual world aids day. it's an opportunity to show support for people who live with the disease and to honor those who have died. an estimated 34 million people worldwide test positive for hiv. nearly 1 million of those people live in the united states. while there have been many scientific advances in hiv treatment, research for a cure continues. about 400 people came together last night at the national aids memorial grove to remember loved ones lost. event organizers transformed that grove into a magical forest with dancing fairies and lights. many of the people who pinned notes on a symbolic tree did so in honor of people who died. it was a place for prayer,

tears and heavy hearts. >> that pain doesn't ever completely go away, but you do incorporate it in your life, and you hope that it makes you a little better person. >> today's world aids event at the national aids memorial grove runs from 11:30 until 1:30. organizers will be providing a free lunch to anyone who attendance. as you said at the top of the newscast, december is here and we're starting the month a little colder than we ended november. let's see how we're looking this morning. >> we're just as cool this morning. by the afternoon we'll be mild once again. mostly sunny skies around the region and big changes next week. let's enjoy today, giving you a live look outside our doors, mount diablo, a little bit of haze. patchy fog around the area. as i mentioned a little while ago, it's not as patchy and thick as yesterday. we have an offshore breeze that is developing. it's a light one, but it's enough to help push that fog away. 38 degrees in napa right now.

36 in novato. 36 in santa rosa. some of us are waking up a few degrees above freezing mark. walnut creek, 40 degrees in livermore. 40s around the bay. 43 at the airport in oakland, 48 san fransisco, 49sfo and half-moon bay with fair skies this morning. 41 outside your door at low 40s in mountain view. if we shift to the east, 49 degrees in orinda, 42 lafayette, another reporting station near walnut creek reporting 40 degrees. we have two reporting stations in walnut creek. low 40s in areas around pittsburgh. mid-to upper 40s around antioch and brentwood. a ridge of high pressure still in place although it's beginning to -- well, you can see, we pushed out just a little bit. that ridge is weakening just a bit. it has to do with this system right here. this is going to be making tracks towards areas right around washington. by tomorrow and then by

tomorrow night we will begin to feel those changes, although we won't see so much in the way of rain, we could see a few sprinkles. it's the cold weather that will be coming our way. for today temperatures well above average, once again even nearing record temperatures in some cases. normally we're in the upper 50s to about 60 degrees this time of year. take a look at these numbers. 70 degrees for santa rosa, 69 for fairfield. 68 in vallejo, 69 for oakland and 66 expected in san fransisco. low to mid-60s along the coastline with partly cloudy skies. 69 in mountain view, 70 degrees san jose and 71 degrees this afternoon. in santa cruz, low 70s morgan hill as well as gilroy. in the extended forecast with the second half of your weekend in view. as you notice, temperatures warmest today, cooling trend begins tomorrow. by the second half of the afternoon, including clouds, especially over parts of the north bay, and then monday night into tuesday morning a slight chance at a few scattered showers. that will go away but the cold

weather settles in. we are looking at mid to upper 50s in the forecast for tuesday afternoon. low 50s on wednesday. low 50s on thursday. those are the afternoon highs. take a look at the overnight lows. upper 20s to upper 30s expected by thursday morning for inland communities as well as the bay. i will show you that futurecast model on the possibility of rain coming our way in a bit. plans are moving forward to build a new park along the bay bridge. the artist rendering shows the park near the eastern span. it would be a haven for outdoor enthusiasts. it includes a fishing pier, a zip line and rock climbing wall. the area would also include 300 spaces for people to park their cars and then walk or ride their bicycle on the popular new path of the eastern span. other proposals include a small cafe, large sculptures as well as some trees. time now 7:11. the 49ers preparing for a critical game today. the key player who's getting ready to get back on the field. plus the deadline has come

and gone. but was the affordable care act web site fixed as promised. >> first let's take you outside. that's look at highway 24 in lafayette. it looks like things are moving just fine. we should tell you up the road that chp is investigating an accident on eastbound 24 near pleasant hill road. it involves two cars and minor injuries. we'll keep an eye on that for you on this sunday morning. it is 7:12 on the clock. you're watching mornings on 2. middle-earth is back at denny's with the build your own hobbit slam. twenty delicious options, like sweet potato pecan pancakes,

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good morning a live look there at the sun shining over the oakland estuary, thinking about heading to the farmer's market at jacqueline don square right now. 46 degrees in oakland. there is new information ability a police helicopter crash at a pub in glasgow scotland. a crane did remove pieces of

that chopper today. the accident killed three people on board the helicopter and another five people in the pub. 32 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries. as of this morning, more than half were getting discharged. investigators say the pub was packed friday night as people celebrated the eve of a major scottish holiday when that helicopter came down. >> as you see it was very emotional to see these people that would choke and even young guys crying just through the sheer shock of it. >> one man outside the pub with a cell phone picture of his father is holding it up. his father is still missing. a prayer service for the victims is being held today at the city's main cathedral. a passenger is being hailed as a hero for sacrificing her own needs to help survivors of a plane crash in alaska. the cessna prop plane went down in a remote part of southwest alaska on friday night. four people were killed, but there were survivors, and a

woman phoned for help while trying but failing to resuscitate her 5-month-old boy. she then had to overcome that loss and walk nearly a mile in the cold and fog to reach first responders and guide them to that crash site. new this morning, a strong earthquake has rocked parts of eastern indonesia. the 6.3 magnitude quake hit early this morning. according to the u.s. geological survey, there have been no reports of any injuries or damages from that quake. according to a local meteorology, that quake is unlikely to trigger a tsunami. the obama administration announced the health care web site met the deadline for upgrades proposed by the president. improvements allow more than 50,000 people to log on at once and 800,000 people each day. the site was taken down late friday night into saturday morning for additional upgrades that includes speeding up

response times and reducing errors. critics say they're still underhemmed. >> there have been delays out of the what zoo. the president delayed the individual mandate. now we find out small businesses won't be able to go online and enroll until what, another delay, a year. >> the first big test of the repaired web site will come in a few weeks when consumers are expected to meet a deadline. hewlett packard is replacing verizon communications as the provider of data center services for that site. here in the bay area, volunteers are helping people sign up for covered california this weekend. a few dozen folks attended an event at the concord library to learn more about the status health insurance exchange. the cover ca.com web site has received more than 385,000 applications so far. >> cover california's web site has been pretty good. we've had some slowdowns but by

and large it's worked very well and the calculator is excellent. >> more events will be held the next two saturdays at the concord and lafayette libraries. 60% of young california kids eat fast food at least once a week. now the number is even higher among latino children at 70%. researchers say among all 2 to 5-year-old children, 1 in 10 eats fast food at least three times a week. researchers say the consumption of sugary drinks has gone down. the study was based on health surveys conducted by ucla between 2003 and 2009. although the commercial dungeon this crab season begins on the north coast of california, there's a hitch. crab fishing was supposed to start north of the mendocino county line to the oregon border. however there's a dispute over the price. north coast crabbers want $3 a pound, the same price as san fransisco fishermen but northern buyers are offering 2.50. negotiations are scheduled to

resume this week. the commercial crab season started last month for the coastlines south of point arena. jonathan martin will not play for the miami dolphins. the team replaced the player on the nonfootball illness list which freed up a roster spot. martin left the team at the end of october accusing richie incognito of hazing. the team reached a deal with incognito in which it will pay him while extending his suspension. it is an important divisional game for san fransisco against st. louis as the 49ers trying to make the playoffs. san fransisco is getting reinforcements at the right time of the season. michael crabtree expected to see his first action this season after being activated this week. he injured his achilles in a spring drill and has been rehabbing ever since. kickoff set for 1:05. the raiders are off this weekend after playing the cowboys on thanksgiving. matt mcloin has opened up the

raiders offense with the ability to make big plays down the field. raiders next play the jets on next sunday and just a reminder we will be ending mornings on 2 early at 9:00 this morning to bring you fox nfl sunday. then stay tuned for the 49ers rams game at 1 followed by point after hosted by sports director mark ibanez. fighting the fear of flying, how these four legged friends home to calm nervous passengers at a new program at sfo. >> warmer weather is spilling into the bay area for your sunday afternoon. then a drastic turn to wintery weather. i'll have a look at what you can expect for today and when that chance for even a scattered shower will come our way.

the bay area is sending more help to the philippines. we caught up with jane sandoval a nurse in san fransisco as she

was packing up to leave for the philippines last night. she said she is honored and humbled to assist in the relief effort organized by a network of nurses. >> my parents came from the area that was affected, so in a way i'm paying homage to my parents and i think they would really be proud of that effort. >> sandoval is joining three other nurses in the philippines. the nurses network has set up mobile medical clinics to serve victims. the death toll stands at more than 5600 with close to 1800 others missing. reality tv star kim kardashian is getting blasted for keeping much of the proceeds from an auction to help typhoon victims she auctioned off high end clothes and accessories on ebay with a portion of the money going to disaster relief. kardashian is keeping 90% of the profits. many of her fans are criticizing her on her blog. one person asking on that blog "how can you even sleep at

night." well, we've posted a link on ktvu.com. if you would like to donate to the typhoon relief efforts in the philippines and we at ktvu and kicu have teamed up with san fransisco 4 to match your donations to the red cross dollar for dollar. you can find the information right below the video player. some dogs are headed to san fransisco international this holiday season to help ease passengers' fears of flying. the airport is teaming up with the san fransisco spca for the new wag brigade program. it features certified therapy animals that will help calm down passengers who face long delays and are just afraid to fly. they will wear personalized vests that read pet me. more information about the program is expected to be announced on tuesday. a new report ranks san fransisco international as one of the worst airports when it comes to weather delays according to weather.com. sfo willinged more than 30,000 delays last year due to fog and rain. the web site advices flying later in the day. rounding out the worst airports for weather delays, newark,

chicago's o'hare, and the airport in houston. time now is 7:24. saw lots of people yesterday in my neighborhood putting up their christmas lights. mine aren't up yet but it's a good day to do that. >> it is a good day to do that. a warm day. >> it is going to be a nice day to get outdoors. maybe pick out your tree and hang those lights. we've got changes coming but the possibility of rain is a slim one. let's start here this morning. you can see we are dealing with well mostly clear skies. a few high clouds passing through today. a little bit of patchy fog this morning. we're already into monday morning here and take a look at what is to the north of us. rain beginning to move into northern california. as we get into the afternoon, this is fairly new. the time stamp reads 6 p.m. on monday, so this is actually coming in a little bit sooner than the models had predicted just last night. we'll be tracking this for you. it still looks like the second

half of monday turning cloudy, a little cooler. by late monday night into early tuesday morning, this front is moving through. we may get a sprinkle that looks like it may be all we see, at least when it comes to the rain. take a look at tahoe. snow levels are going to be dropping over the course of the next couple of days. by tuesday night snow levels down into the foothills. 2500 feet, it is going to last. that slight chance for a few scattered showers, we are going to turn quite cold. for today, slightly warmer, 60s to low 70s in the forecast for the afternoon. cooler tomorrow, increasing in clouds by the second half of the day. tomorrow's going to be the transition day. we may not notice early on. by the second half it could turn breezy, a little cooler by the second half of your afternoon and then that slight chance coming in tuesday morning and take a look at those numbers. upper 20s to upper 30s for the overnight lows. by thursday low 50s in the forecast, midweek wednesday as

well as thursday. ♪ [ music ] this is david allen welsh, a homeless man living in washington state. david says he's been on the street since he was just six years old. that's when he says he discovered he had a gift for playing music. he's never had a lesson, and still doesn't know how to read a single note. a big break in an animal abuse case in san fransisco. why police say they are much closer to catching the man who threw two cats into freezing waters in the san fransisco bay. >> holiday travelers heading home, why airport officials say thanksgiving travel appears to be a little less stressful this year.

the airport expects more than a million people to pass through that airport in the first week of holiday travel. good morning and welcome back to morning on 2. sfo oakland and mineta san jose expecting to be buzzing. whether you're traveling picking up or dropping off, prepare for the lines and delays. the end of the thanksgiving day holiday weekend. ali. >> we are at sfo outside terminal 2, cars pulling up,

dropping off passengers at some of these thanksgiving travelers prepare to head home. it's busy right now but what you're seeing here is the usual morning rush, nothing out of the ordinary here. there are no cancellations to tell you about. the friday before thanksgiving was actually sfo's busiest day. this airport is expecting heavier than usual traffic today, about 130,000 travelers expected to pass through. airport duty manager joe walsh says years ago it seems like they would get a flood of travelers on wednesday, the day before thanksgiving, and that all those travelers would come back on sunday. now he says passengers flow has changed a little bit where people are starting their thanksgiving travels earlier in the week. and coming bag on -- back on sundays or monday the extended travel period has made for a less stressful week. >> i would say less crowded than i've experienced in the past. sometimes i've been in lines that wind through the entire

airport. we had relatively breezy security so we got lucky. >> the chp says you can expect highways to be more congested than usual for a sunday. 4.4 million californians drove more than 50 miles to celebrate thanksgiving. many of those people will be on the roads to head back home by car and chp plans to have a heavy presence on bay area roadways to make sure everyone gets home safely. live at san fransisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. and let's take a look at some of the other top stories we are following this morning. four people have died and 40 others have been injured after a metro north passenger train derailed in the bronx. eight cars came off the tracks and at least two of them are on their side. a 2-year-old boy who fell into a vallejo pond on a fishing trip is in critical condition at kaiser hospital in oakland. a guardian was trying to tie a rope around the child to keep him from falling into the water yesterday afternoon but he fell in when she turned away for just a few seconds. there's no word on when or

if north korea will release an 85-year-old american from palo alto. north korea released a video of merrill newman apologizing for his actions during the korean war. he reportedly served in a secret army unit that trained anti-communist gorillas during the war. >> fast and furious fans are mourning the loss of actor paul walker this morning. walker died yesterday in a car crash in southern california. the 40-year-old was the passenger in his friend's 2005 porsche carrera gt when it hit something and burst into flames. officers say speed did play a role in that crash. authorities say they believe they're zeroing in on a man suspected in a case of animal abuse in san fransisco. animal control officers say this man right here threw two cats belonging to a homeless woman into the bay last monday. officers spent around eight hours looking at surveillance video from cameras around the embarcadero when they caught a break. the hyatt hotel reported a run in with the man matching the suspect's description. the woman who witnessed the abuse was shown a picture of

the individual. >> she knew without a doubt she could identify this man if we showed her a picture, and sure enough when we did show her the picture that we thought was the suspect from what she had said and from what others said she absolutely 100% identified him. >> the suspect could face felony animal cruelty charges. authorities say the cat's owner was traumatized by the attack at pier 14. the search continues for a couple who disappeared during a fishing trip in sacramento county. 64-year-old van channpnexi and his wife took their boat out on thursday. no one was inside the boat when it was discovered. he's described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, bald, clean shaven and wearing glasses. his wife is 5 feet 3 inches with brown hair and brown eyes. anyone with information is asked to call the sacramento county sheriff's department. more than 100 people around the bay area have been arrested for driving under the influence over the holiday weekend.

officers have arrested 111 people since thursday. the highway patrol hasn't released statewide numbers yet. last year there were about 800 arrests across california and 17 people were killed in dui related collisions. sonoma county may erect a permanent memorial for a teenage boy shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. right now there's a makeshift memorial for 13-year-old andy lopez. he was killed when the deputy mistakenly thought the toy gun lopez was carrying was real. county supervisors are set to consider several items related to that case on tuesday. supervisors could order a plan to create a park in the moreland avenue neighborhood where he grew up and died. other legislation includes creating a community and law enforcement task force and supporting state and federal bills controlling replica weapons. a controversial planned parenthood clinic is scheduled to open in redwood city on the 2900 block in an area that used to be a restaurant. it will operate about 20 hours a week. it will provide drugs to terminate a pregnancy but will

not offer surgical abortions. opponents have distributed a petition. many are against abortions while some neighbors say the clinic will drive down property values. petaluma city council is expected to move ahead on a plastic bag ban for grocery stores and retailers. first though the council will have to decide between joining sonoma county's current plastic bag ban or drafting legislation specific to petaluma. critics say they believe the county's plastic bag ban would not survive a lawsuit if challenged in court by plastic bag suppliers. governor jerry brown and the california legislature will receive a salary increase starting tomorrow. the governor's pay will go from 165,000 a year to nearly $174,000 a year. lawmakers will receive a 5% bump with most base base salaries increasing from 90 to 95,000. while the governor will accept his raise, a dozen legislators say they will not because many californians are still trying to recover from the recession. compensation commission decided

on the pay hike after slashing salaries by 23% in 2008. there is a celebration today in san mateo county for a law that would protect mountain lions who stray into populated areas. wildlife advocates will make the signing at an event in half- moon bay. mall nourished kittens were found hiding under and deck and later killed by a ranger. outrage over the shooting prompted the law which does allow rangers to relocate mountain lions that are found to not pose a threat to humans. it takes effect january 1st. poi san pills will be dropped from a helicopter. it's part of the u.s. fish and wildlife services and they say the goal is to get rid of the massive swarms of mice. right now there are nearly 500 mice per acre. scientists say they are threatening the rare sea bird population. the agency claims the poison bait is the only available and

proven method of exterminating them. humpback whales continue to put on a show for kayakers. in the past few weeks there have been several reports of close up encounters along santa crew, capitola. buy i don't imagines i don'tbiologists say the gray whales will soon be joining that show. they're expected to start migrating south in the next few weeks. >> i've always wanted to go whale watching. that'd be fun. >> aplaint this is a good time to go. >> remember delta and dawn, i did get close to them. >> they got stuck. >> they got out. >> you don't want to watch them when they're stuck. >> it'd be fun to watch them. nice day out today. >> a little bit of fog off the coastline. good thing for sfo, yesterday visibility was down to about a half mile. not the case today. a few patches across the bay area. it doesn't look patchy and dense. we are looking at mostly sunny skies for today and today will be lightly warmer than

yesterday. a live look at mount diablo. the sun rose a half hour ago and our temperatures at their coolest right about now. we will begin to turn around in the next hour or so. right now santa rosa, 4 degrees from the freezing mark. 36 outside your door. 36 in novato. upper 30s in napa. 37 for fairfield. upper 30s low 40s for the inner east bay. concord you're checking in around 39. as we shift into the bay, 40s, 48 san fransisco, 43, this is actually the airport downtown oakland, a little warmer than this. low 40s half-moon bay and half- moon bay also waking up with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. in the peninsula we have 40 for foster city, upper 30s menlo park as well as palo alto. a chilly start for many. slightly cooler than yesterday morning. as we get into your afternoon, the ridge of high pressure still in control of our weather pattern going to keep us dry and mild through today sacramento for the first half

of tomorrow we may not notice the big changes coming. by monday evening the wind is going to pick up. the clouds are going to increase and we're going to notice this system that is right now over the gulf of alaska. it's going to be sliding in. it's going to bring us very cold weather. we'll call it a winter blast coming our way early next week. today we're good. tomorrow we're slightly cooler. by tuesday lasting through thursday, perhaps even into friday, very cold air settling in to the bay area. a slight chance at a few scattered showers. it looks like monday night into early tuesday and that's really about it. but very low snow levels into the sierra foothills down to about 2500 feel. and the sierra could pick up some snow. if you're going to candlestick for the afternoon today, a great day to go see the 9ers play. upper 60s in the forecast by game time at 1:05. mostly sunny skies and the winds will be north, northeast, at 5 to 10 miles per hour. we have light offshore breeze today and that will help to

drive our temperatures up, helping to keep that fog away. afternoon highs for today, upper 60s to low 70s running really warm for this time of year. even getting close to records. 70 san jose. low 70s for morgan hill. the extended forecast, the bay area weekend in view. temperatures quite nice today. cooling off tomorrow. wish we could put more rain on that icon. it doesn't look like much if we get any monday night into tuesday morning. take a look at those numbers. overnight lows dipping into the upper 20s to upper 30s wednesday into thursday so the possibility of freeze watch, perhaps warnings coming our way and the afternoon highs quite cool. low 50s in the forecast for wednesday and thursday. i'll have a look at your lunchtime numbers for today coming up. >> burr rosemary. thanks. 7:41 and the star of one of last year's catchiest summer songs is bringing some holiday spirit to san fransisco. >> ♪ hey, i just met you, and this is crazy. but here's my number. so call me maybe.

♪ net. >> carly rae jepsen will join the san fransisco 49ers for the holiday tree lighting ceremony in the financial district. members of the 49ers expected to attend. those include ronny lot, mark have lattimore and alex boone. >> notre dame was in town this weekend to take on stanford, 3- 0 irish midway through the 1st stanford responds. kevin hogan wide open, cardinal on the board. stanford up 14-6 in the 3rd when anthony wilkerson hits the hole pretty hard. he hits the end zone. notre dame would rally. wayne lines says no to the rally with a nice little pick and a nice win for stanford. it is being called one of the greatest finishes ever to a college football game. >> 56-yarder. and he takes it in the back of

the end zone. he'll run it out to the 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, there goes davis! >> oh, my god! davis is going to run it all the way back! auburn's going to win the football game! >> there you have it. that's the radio call for the auburn tigers as they took down the number one team in the nation alabama 34-28 with 1 second left in the game, alabama's 57-yard field goal came up short. chris davis caught the kick, and then ran the ball back 109 yards to win on the final play of the game. >> and we were talking about that earlier, the best faces of shock and. >> of the alabama fans in the stands. >> what just happened, yeah. >> i'd if in shock too, but what a smart play by davis to hang back there and catch the ball. >> pretty exciting. preparing for cyber monday. how companies are gearing up for the busiest online shopping day of the year and what you need to know before you hop own online. >> plus california senator

dianne feinstein has some strong words about american troops in afghanistan. what she's saying about that country's president. >> first let's take you outside for a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. remember this shot yesterday was all socked in with fog. today a beautiful sunny but cold morning outside and no problems to report if you're headed on into the city. it's 7:43. this is mornings on 2. i love watching tv outside.

and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. rise and shine. good morning to you, a live look over the east bay hills. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s outside your door. if san fransisco bay seems to be getting clearer but according to scientists that's

not necessarily a good thing. the clearer water is letting in more sunlight causing a significant increase in algae growth. if the algae continues to grow at this rate, it could cause lower oxygen levels killing fish and other marine life. over the next year scientists are going to see if moderate changes in the way sewage plants operate could reduce the rate of algae growth. joe biden is going to lead an important mission to ava sha tomorrow. he's going to arrive in japan and then he'll head to china and south korea. topics include china's new air defense zone. biden will visit the u.s. ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy and place a wreath at a cemetery in south korea honoring fallen u.s. troops. dianne feinstein is criticizing afghanistan's president for jeopardizing relations between the countries. feinstein said hamid karzai needs to think about the long- term future of afghanistan rather than be swayed by a

false notion in his head. right now the u.s. will withdraw troops from afghanistan after 2014 if karzai refuses to sign an agreement allowing troops to stay and train afghan forces. the megamillions jackpot continues to grow after no winner on friday. the jackpot is now up to $257 million. new rules for the megamillions jackpot aimed at creating bigger and faster growing jackpot boosted the top prize for tuesday night's drawing. jackpots will now grow by at least $5 million after drawings where there is no winner. the second place prize has now increased to 1 million from $250,000. many people in the bay area will ditch the malls and turn to their computers for some holiday shopping. cyber monday is expected to be a huge hit this season. that's according to the group shopper track. cyber sales last year hit $1.5 billion. retail experts say this year could reach closer to 2 billion. thanksgiving and black friday online sales have also been on

the rise. in 2012 online sales for thanksgiving grew 17% over the previous year and black friday online sales grew nearly 21%. new numberses are out for plaque friday shopping. this year consumers spent nearly $9.8 billion at brick and mortar stores. that's a 13% drop from a year ago. a few retailers have opened stores on thanksgiving for the last few years. this year at least a dozen major retailers did so with some opening earlier in the day. that led some analysts to question whether the thanksgiving openings would take away sales on black friday. retail stores are trying out new technology that will help them anticipate what you might want. it was created by a company called index. it helps retailers target products to you based on your taste. the technology can be found within the store's payment system as well as integrated into the the store's apps. a cupcake store in san fransisco is already trying it out. >> we looked at amazon as a backdrop for a lot of the

things we do. amazon's really an incredible experience online and a lot of this has to do with their ability to recognize who you are. >> right now the technology is limited to smaller retailers like cay coe but the founders hope it will eventually be in major retailers. first there was black friday. then there's cyber monday. now there's giving tuesday. giving tuesday was created last year at a ymca in new york city. it is a campaign to create a national day of giving at the start of the holiday season. now the idea is to set aside a day for people to give back to their communities, either with donations or by volunteering. this year more than 7500 groups will be taking part including san jose based ebay. a thief in fremont went on an apple picking extravaganza and stole more than 60 iphones. it happened at 5 a.m. thanksgiving morning at a cell phone store on christy street. at least one person made off with 62 iphones. they say the phones have been extremely hard to track as they had not been activated.

those devices were valued at $42,000. and a woman in florida is trying to figure out who was the grinch who stole 50 christmas trees from her lot. suzanne eaten says one of her workers noticed the lot looking a little empty on wednesday morning, and she says it was no easy task to fill that lot. she has to drive up to north carolina in october, pick out the trees, and then set them up. >> i feel like i did the leg work and i prepared to do this the right way and someone took advantage. >> the lost of the trees will cost her about $5000. she's hoping who have took them will return them. she's looking for ways to secure the trees during the night. the state's largest gingerbread house is on display at the fairmont moment in san fransisco. the team spent hundreds of hours building that sweet treat. it took thousands of house baked gingerbread bricks, 1200 pounds of highing and 650 pounds of candy to complete

that project. there's even a gingerbread dog house and you can check it out until january 1st. happening today, the national zoo will announce the name of the giant panda cub that was born back in august following chinese tradition. the zoo has waited 100 days to release the name of the cub. zoo officials left it up to the public to decide out of five proposed names, more than 123,000 people voted online. the naming ceremony will be at 1:00 this afternoon in washington d. c. but the panda itself will not make its first public appearance until january. all right. 7:52 and too young for facebook. why the president and the first lady say their youngest daughter is not allowed to have access to the social media site and the big step their oldest daughter was just allowed to make. >> outside our doors this morning, partly cloudy and cold for some. coming up when i expect we will climb out of these chilly temperatures. what you can expect for the afternoon and in the extended forecast, winter weather coming our way. i'll have more on that coming up.

let's introduce you to dexter. the 6-month-old pit bull was found alive nine days after a series of deadly tornadoes hit illinois. his owner says he spent days looking for dexter after those storms passed and then on tuesday a neighbor called saying a crew had found him under the rubble of his destroyed apartment. the vet says dexter was not hurt and only had a few scrapes and cuts. the president and michelle obama are explaining why they do not let their youngest daughter on facebook. president obama told barbara walters that 12-year-old sasha is too long for the social networking site. michelle obama says there is a lot of information on facebook that younger children just don't need to see or be a part of. their older daughter malia has limited access to the site. she was also recently given permission to date. a new trend is making its way across the country that's helping some people burn

calories while on the clock. instead of sitting behind a desk, these people are stepping in to action literally thanks to an iowa company, a new desk has been created that allows employees to work on the computer while walking on a treadmill. >> sitting is the new smoking. all the research coming out, sitting ruins your metabolism, muscle strength goes away. >> most of treadmill desk models don't go faster than 2 miles per hour, so you won't quite break a sweat. health experts say the desks are a step in the right direction and will help promote healthier lifestyles. i can't imagine having one of those right here. >> just make you walk. >> cruise while we deliver. >> all right. 7:56. i'll let you try that out first and rosemary and i will just kind of hang out and just work. >> yeah, i kind of feel like i'm standing already, you know, back and forth here. let's talk about what's happening. it's a beautiful start to the morning, a lot of sunshine out there, high clouds in the forecast, patchy fog this

morning but that's going to go away. we will be left with nice mild conditions. still have this ridge of high pressure in control of our weather pattern. we have a north breezy, everyone an offshore breeze and that will help to drive our temperatures up and keep the fog away this morning. also want to point you to the next system we've been talking about, this is going to eventually be sliding down into areas right along washington. it should happen by tomorrow. and it is eventually going to bring us very cold weather and the possibility of a slight chance at a sprinkle. for today, outside our doors this morning, a lot like yesterday morning, upper 30s to upper 40s, a little bit of patchy fog, not as bad as yesterday. mostly sunny for your lunch hour. mid-60s to mid-50s and then for the afternoon a tad warmerren than what we had yesterday afternoon. take a look at monday. we begin that transition cooling off with cold weather coming tuesday, wednesday and thursday. back to the desk. food for fines a san mateo county program that could save

you money while helping those in need. >> and more than 100,000 people expected to go through sfo today as the holiday weekend comes to an end.

we're following developing news in new york, the ntsb is headed to the site of a train

derailment. >> and new information about the palo alto man detained in north korea. the details about his past that may explain why the 85-year-old is not being allowed to leave. >> holiday travelers heading home, why airport officials say the thanksgiving travel week appears to be a little less stressful than in years past. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on 2. and good morning everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. it is sunday december 1st. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong we want to check in with rosemary for a look at the weather on this last day of the holiday weekend. i kind of feel like it's the last day of nice weather too. >> last day of nice weather, a lot going on today. waking up with patchy fog. it's not as bad as yesterday morning. that is great news for travelers. we are partly cloudy with a few high clouds and chilly. even a few degrees cooler than where we were yesterday morning in some areas. for the afternoon mostly sunny, slightly warmer temperatures

expected for today. we have just a weak offshore breeze blowing, and that will help to drive up our temperatures. in the extended forecast as claudine mentioned, we've got changes coming and we've got wintery cold weather on the horizon. i'll have a look at when you can expect this. even the possibility of a few scattered showers coming up. we're following developing news in new york city. four people have died, 63 others are hurt, all after a passenger train derailed. now it all happened shortly after 7:00 this morning eastern time. officials say the metra north passenger train derailed while coming around a sharp cub in the bronx. officials obsceneofficials on the scene say everyone has been accounted for. >> new york is blessed with the best first responders i think anywhere in the country, and we want to thank the nypd and the fire department personnel and amtrak personnel and the mta personnel who were right on

site and doing an extraordinary job. >> a law enforcement official on scene says the train operator is claiming to have applied the brakes but says the train did not slow down. san fransisco police are investigating a reported assault on a muni train. it happened just before midnight near 3rd street. the victim who was being assaulted pulled out a knife in self-defense. the suspect was injured and taken to san fransisco general. the victim was released after being questioned by police for using that knife. happening today, people around the world are uniting for the 25th annual world aids day. it is an opportunity to show support for people who live with the disease and honor those who have died. an estimated 34 million people worldwide test positive for hiv. nearly 1 million of those live right here in the united states. while there have been many scientific advances in hiv treatment, the search for a cure continues. about 400 people came together last night at the national aids memorial grove to remember

loved ones lost. event organizers transformed the grove into a magical forest with dancing fairies and lights. many of the people who came pinned notes on a symbolic tree in honor of those who have died. it was a place for prayer, tears and heavy hearts. >> that pain doesn't ever completely go away, but you do incorporate it in your life, and you hope that it makes you a little better person. >> today's world aids day event at the national aids memorial grove runs from 11:30 until 1:30. organizers will be providing a free lunch for anyone who attends. today san mateo county is launching its food for fines program. people can settle fines from overdue library books with food donations. last year the program brought in more than 25,000 mountains pound of food and that was enough to feed 1,000 families for a week. the county is asking for nonperishable food donations only. airports across the country are preparing for one of the

busiest travel days of the year as people go back home after this thanksgiving holiday. local airports are anticipating a rush of travelers. ktvu allie rasmus checking on how things are looking a sfo this morning. >> reporter: it is busier than a typical sunday but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. sf o', is expecting about 130,000 passengers to pass through this airport today. that is busier than a typical sunday and right now we've been here since 6 a.m. we've seen a steady stream of cars pulling up and dropping off passengers as travelers prepare to head home. conditions are good. the weather's great. there's no fog here at sfo and there are no major delays or cancellations to tell you about. but airport officials at sfo have noticed a trend, the thanksgiving holiday travel week appears to be longer or getting longer than it used to be with more people starting their travels, monday, tuesday, sometimes even the weekend before thanksgiving and extending their travels leave on sunday, some cases even

monday after thanksgiving. that extended travel period is reflected in the numbers here at sfo because the friday before thanksgiving over a week ago was actually this airport's busiest travel day. the travelers we talked to say it's been a pretty stress free week. >> we flew right on thanksgiving. it wasn't too bad. today it's been a little busier morning. i was prepared for worse. >> it was much less busy than i was expecting. we've had -- knock on wood -- a lot of wonderful hosts and good parking downtown. it was good. >> it may be a slightly different story on the roads. the chp said expect highways to be more congested than usual for a sunday. according to aaa 4.4 million californians drove more than 50 miles to celebrate thanksgiving and many of them will be heading home today. the chp plans to have a heavy presence on bay area roadways to make sure everyone gets home safely. live at sfo. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. time now is 8:05. and there's new information

that might explain why north korea is detaining an 85-year- old man from palo alto. late friday night north korea released a video in which merrill newman apologized for his role in the korean war six decades ago. the reuters news agency and the mercury news now report he once served in a top secret army unit in which he trained anticommunist gorillas. because no peace treaty was signed north korea considers the conflicts against south korea and the u.s. ongoing and say newman is basically a prisoner of war. a stanford professor who's an expert on asia calls the video propaganda but says it may be a sign of something positive to come. >> it's clearly something that he did under some duress and hopefully to lead to his release. >> officials with the swedish embassy were allowed to visit newman yesterday. the white house security council says it's deeply concerned about newman's well being because of his age and health. he does have a heart condition.

we have new information now but a toddler who fell into a vallejo pond. that child remains in critical condition this morning. police are now telling us that the 2-year-old boy was fishing with his guardian around 4 p.m. yesterday. she was attempting to tie a rope around the child to prevent him from falling into that water. when she briefly turned her back he fell into that pond. she didn't know how to swim and couldn't rescue him but a good samaritan jumped in and started searching. once on scene firefighter diane stomeyer jumped into the murky water and after three attempts finally found him. >> they arrived on scene, within 45 seconds to a minute they were able to identify the location of the child and pull him from the water quickly. he does have life-threatening injuries or is in a life- threatening condition. >> the area where this happened is a popular fishing spot near the fairgrounds and six flags discovery kingdom. the boy was taken to kaiser medical center in vallejo and

transferred to oakland where he remains in critical condition. the guardian also went to the hospital because she was having breathing problems. plans are moving forward to build a new park along the bay bridge. the artist rendering shows the park near the new eastern span. officials tell the contra costa times it would be a haven for outdoor enthusiasts. it would also include a fishing pier, zip line and rock climbing wall. the area would also add 300 spaces for people to park their vehicles and then walk or ride their bicycle on the new path of the eastern span. other proposals include a small cafe, large sculptures as well as trees. >> this weekend marks the end of the 2013 atlantic hurricane season. there were a total of 13 named storms, two of them hurricanes. phrasers had predicted a busy year but it was the fewest number of hurricanes in a single year since 1982. just one storm, tropical storm andrea made landfall in the u.s. the reason for the low number of storms include drier than expected air.

8:08 and let's turn now to rosemary orozco who's following changing weather headed our way, a little cooler, maybe a little bit of rain. >> yeah, i'm wishing we could get a lot more rain, but you're right. maybe a sprinkle. we will turn cooler as early as tomorrow, and then we will turn outright cold at some point. i'll show you that in the extended forecast. let's start outdoors where you can see the bay bridge there, and into san fransisco. just a little bit of haze, air quality for today is moderate. -- the air day in place for your sunday, and that fog is very patchy, not dense like we had yesterday morning. that's some great news as well. upper 30s over parts of the north bay, novato. cincinnati rosa, low 40s in fairfield beginning to see some of these temperatures rebound. widespread 40s to near 50 degrees. sfo50 degrees right now. 43 at the airport in oakland. my half-moon bay, upper 40s san fransisco and 44 for areas right around mountain view. to the east upper 30s to low

40s. 47 for orinda, 42 in lafayette, upper 30s to 40 degrees, walnut creek, 39, san ramon a chilly start for you. 44 for pittsburgh and 47 in brentwood under mostly sunny skies. a few high clouds in store for today. patchy fog this morning and dissipating and out of our way. ridge of high pressure still in control of our weather pattern and we will continue to see those temperatures unseasonably mild and i think we may actually see the possibility of near record temperatures for the afternoon. upper 60s to low 70s. that is quite warm for this time of year. we're typically in the upper 50s to low 60s. also had my eye on this system here. this is what is going to bring us the cold weather, maybe a slight chance at a few scattered showers. right now just here off the coast into the gulf of alaska and we'll continue to make tracks towards our area by tomorrow. a transition beginning as early as tomorrow. this morning we're got the patchy fog, the chilly temperatures into the

afternoon, mostly sunny skies, dry weather. slightly warmer than yesterday for some of us, and then into the extended forecast as early as tuesday morning. the possibility of a few scattered showers and then colder air will filter in behind that front as it moves through. if you're going to be outdoors in oakland, for today we've got 40s now, mid-60s by lunchtime. upper 60s expected into the second half of your afternoon. a better look around, 70 degrees for santa rosa, 69 san rafael, 66 san fransisco, upper 60s for concord. near 70 degrees right around livermore actually checking in at 70 degrees. 70 for san jose, the extended forecast here at the bay area, weekend in view, slightly warmer today, cooler tomorrow. increase in clouds by tomorrow night and then that blast of wintery weather moves in. upper 20s to upper 30s eventually for the overnight lows. low 50s for the afternoon and perhaps some snow into the foothills of the sierra. back to the desk. changes are in the work for

this year's california's international marathon. she finished the marathon minutes before the bombing and wants to make suring in like that happens here. >> and hollywood mourning the sudden death of actor paul walker, a look at the franchise that made him famous and what his costars are saying about the accident.

good morning to you. thank you for joining us, a live look there over the bay from san fransisco. a little bit of patchy fog out there. mostly sunny, mild weather

again for your afternoon. 40-year-old actor paul walker died yesterday afternoon after a fiery car crash near los angeles. reporter michelle turner has reaction from his friends and the man who tried to save his life. >> one of hollywood's most bankable stars, paul walker who has made a name for himself in the fast and furious movie franchise died in a fiery car crash in santa clarita california. a second person also died in the accident. both were attending a charity event for walker's organization reach out worldwide. the event was intended to benefit the victims of typhoon haiyan in the philippines. the crash happened just north of los angeles on saturday afternoon. according to his representative, paul walker was not driving the 2005 porsche. when deputies arrived the car was on fire. both people in the car pronounced dead at the scene. >> there was nothing. we tried. we went through fire extinguishers. >> all that remains, burnt

mangled metal, and a light pole that's been knocked down. authorities say speed was a factor. walker wasn't just a car enthusiast on screen. offscreen the actor competed in the red line time attack racing series. he had been filming the 7th 7th installment of fast and furious at the time of his death and some of hollywood's biggest stars are react, vin diesel said brother i will miss you very much. i am absolutely speechless. heaven has gained a new angel. rest in peace. and another fast and furious costar ludicrous tweeted your humble spirit was felt from the start. wherever you blessed your presence you always left a mark. and fellow actor tyrese gibson said my heart is hurting so bad. no one can make me believe this is real. my god, my god, i can't believe i'm writing this. >> that was michelle turner reporting. paul walker is survived by his 15-year-old daughter. there is new information this morning about a police

helicopter crash at a pub in scotland. a crane removed pieces of the chopper from the crash site. the accident killed three people on board the helicopter and another five people inside the pub. 32 others were admitted to hospitals with injuries. as of this morning, more than half were getting discharged. investigators say the pub was packed friday night when that helicopter crashed bauds people were celebrating the eve of a scottish holiday. >> it was very emotional to see these people, even young guys crying just through the shear shock of it. >> as the search for victims continues inside, outside family members gather including one man who held up a cell phone picture of his father. his father is missing and calls to his dad's cell phone are going unanswered. a prayer service for the victims is being held today at the city's main cathedral. a passenger is being hailed as a hero for putting her own grief aside so she could help survivors of a plane crash in alaska. the cessna prop plane went down

in a remote part of southwest alaska friday night. four people were killed while others survived. a woman phoned for help while trying but failing to resuscitate her 5-month-old boy. she then had to overcome her loss and walk a mile in the cold and fog to reach first responders and guide them to the crash site and the other survivors. time now 8:17. this morning the obama administration announced the health care web site met the deadline for upgrades imposed by the president. officials say the improvements to the site allow more than 50,000 people to log on at once and 800,000 people each day. the site was taken down late friday night into saturday morning for additional upgrades that include speeding up response time and reducing errors. critics say they're still underwhelmed. >> there has been delays out of the wazoo for this thing. first the president delayed the individual mandate. now we find out small businesses won't be able to go online and enroll until, what, another delay, a year. >> the first big test of the repaired web site will come in

a few weeks when consumers are expected to return to meet a december 23rd deadline so their health care coverage will kick in at the start of next year. hewlett packard is replacing verizon as the provider of the data services for the site. here in the bay area volunteers are helping people sign up for cover california this weekend. a few dozen people attend the event at the concord library to learn more about the state's health insurance exchange. the cover ca.com web site has received more than 385,000 applications so far. outreach volunteers say applicants should not have too much trouble signing up. >> cover california's web site has been pretty good. we've had some slowdowns but by and large it's worked very very well. the calculator is excellent. >> four events will be held the next two saturdays at the concord and laugh credit library. >> according to a new study, 60% of california children eat fast food at least once a week. the number is even higher among latino children at 70%. researchers say among all 2 to

5-year-old children, 1 in 10 eats fast food at least three times a week. researchers say the consumption of sugary drinks has gone down. the study was based on health surveys conducted by ucla between 2003 and 2009. the boston marathon bombings are now affecting a big race here in california. the attack last april is forcing organizers of next sunday's california international marathon to increase security. there will be 8,000 runners and 50,000 spectators lining the route from full follow some to the capital. it's an all important divisional game for san fransisco against st. louis. san fransisco is getting reinforcements at the right time of the year. michael crabtree is expected to see his first action after being activated this week. crabtree injured his achilles in the spring and has been rehabbing every since. kickoff is at 1:05 and you can

watch that game right here on ktvu. the raiders are off this weekend after playing the dallas cowboys on thanksgiving. raiders rookie matt line has opened the offense a bit with the ability to make big plays but dennis allen says he still plans to evaluate quarterback terrelle pryor at some point during the season. raiders will play the jets next sunday. we are going to be ending mornings on 2 at 9:00 this morning because of that theme song right there. it is nfl on fox. stay tuned for the 49ers rams game at 1 followed by the point after hosted by sports director mark ibanez. nervous people are getting help this holiday season, the program that will make some folks appreciate man's best friend just a little bit more. >> and he's been living on the street since he was just 6 years old but now he's entertaining people with a talent he says just comes naturally. >> mostly sunny and mild, weather expected for your sunday afternoon, outside our doors this morning, a little bit of patchy fog, and it is a

chilly start. when i expect we will climb out of the cold, a look at your afternoon highs and when wintery weather will move into the bay area.

♪[ music ] this is david allen welsh. he's homeless and living in washington state. he says he's been on the street since he was just six years old. that's when he says he discovered that he had a gift for playing music, but he's

never had a lesson and still does not know how to read a single note. >> sometimes i don't even know what key i'm pushing. my eyes aren't even open. i'm just letting the music play the music. >> for the past year now, welsh has been playing the piano at a secondhand store in vancouver. he says being able to share the gift god has given him is what keeps him going. dogs are headed to san fransisco international this holiday season to help ease passengers' fares of flying. the airport is teaming up with the san fransisco spca for the new wag brigade program. it features certified therapy animals that will help calm down passengers who face long delays and are just afraid to fly. they will wear personalized vests that read pet me. more information about the program is expected to be announced on tuesday. a new report ranks san fransisco international as one of the worst airports when it comes to weather delays. according to weather.com sfo logged more than 30,000 delays last year thanks to the fog and

the rain. the web site advices flying later in the day or flying out of oakland or mineta san jose. new york's laguardia and houston. if we have the fog we had yesterday morning we may have problems trying to get out of san fransisco oakland and mineta. today a little different when it comes to the fog. >> you're right. just a very subtle offshore breeze for today helping to keep the fog away and drive ours temperatures up slightly for your afternoon. so today one final day of some of the warmest locations reaching into the 70s. outside our doors this morning, patchy fog just a few high clouds, let me roll you through. sunday going to be a nice day. monday we start out nice, take a look monday morning, perhaps a little bit of more cloud cover as we start out the day, but this is actually what i want to point to here. this system that a little while ago i showed you currently in the gulf of alaska beginning to slide through. by monday night we turn mostly

cloudy. ahead of the front we're going to turn breezy as well. changes coming by tomorrow evening. may take most of the day before we notice. as we slide into the overnight hours just a few pop-up showers here, a possibility. it looks like it's going to sweep through and move through by tuesday morning. not going to see a lot of rain out of this. may see a few scattered showers. the sierra will see low snow, perhaps down to about 2500 feet at some point. but for us, the biggest impact i think is going to be the cold weather that is going to settle in behind it. first a check at your numbers at this hour. upper 30s to upper 40s. mid-50s to mid-60s for your lunch hour, and then for the afternoon slightly warmer than yesterday. by monday we're cooling it off. we're increasing those clouds and the winds will pick up by the evening hours. slight chance tuesday morning and notice the numbers. we finally see temperatures back into the upper 50s to low 60s by tuesday. low 50s wednesday, thursday with freezing overnight temperatures. back to you. his face made him famous.

now ellwood's owner says her famously ugly dog has passed away but not before giving people a boost to their self- esteem. >> and more people from the bay area are headed to the typhoon ravaged philippines and the celebrities being criticized for keeping some of the proceeds that were meant to go to the country.

happening now, more than 100,000 people getting ready to pass through sfo today as people return home from the holiday weekend. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. the first weekend of the holiday travel season ends today. sfo, oakland and mineta san jose will be bustling. whether you're travel,

preparing for the lines and delays. allie rasmus live at san fransisco international and how does it look right now? >> the conditions are good, mike. you can see the weather is perfect. there's no fog here at sfo no major delays or cancellations to tell you about. right now we're outside terminal 2 where we have been all morning at sfo, and it's been at least this busy all morning long since we've been here. just a steady stream of cars pulling up and dropping off passengers as the thanksgiving travelers prepare to head home. the friday before thanksgiving over a week ago was actually sfo's busiest holiday travel date. this airport is expecting heavier than usual traffic with 130,000 travelers expected to pass through. airport duty manager joe walsh said years ago it seemed like they would get a flood of travelers on wednesday, the day before thanksgiving and that everyone would come back on sunday after thanksgiving. now it appears the passenger flow has changed a little bit. people are starting their travels earlier in the week and coming back on sunday or monday after thanksgiving. the extended travel period has

made for a less stressful travel week for some travelers we talked to. a lot of people said it hasn't been crowded at all at the airports this week. >> i would say a little less than last year. >> we flew right on thanksgiving. it wasn't too bad, and today it's been a little busier this morning. i was prepared for worse. >> reporter: it may be a different story on the roads. the chp says expect highways to be a little more congested than a typical sunday. according to aaa, 4.4 million californians drove more than 50 miles to get to their thanksgiving destination and many of those folks will be coming bag home. the chp plans to have a heavy presence on roadways to make sure everyone gets home safely. live at sfo allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. the search continues for a couple who disappeared during a fishing trip in sacramento county. 64-year-old van chimpennxi and his wife chaundra took out the boat on thursday. the boat was discovered near the rio vista bridge in the delta. no one was on board.

he's described add 5 feet 9 inches tall, bald, clean shaven and wearing glasses. his wife is 5 feet 3 inches tall. she has brown hair and brown eyes. anyone with information is asked to call the sacramento county sheriff's department. authorities say they believe they're zeroing in on a man suspected in a case of animal abuse in san fransisco. animal control officers say this man threw two cats belonging to a homeless woman into the bay last monday. officers spent around eight hours looking at surveillance video from cameras around the embarcadero when they caught a break. the hyatt hotel reported a run in with a man matching the suspect's description. a woman who witnessed the abuse was shown a picture of that individual. >> she knew without a doubt she could identify this man if we showed her a picture. and sure enough when we did show her the picture that we thought was the suspect from what she had said and from what others said she absolutely 100% identified him. >> the suspect could face felony animal cruelty charges. authorities say the cat's owner

was traumatized by the attack at pier 14. and now time is 8:33. more on that story in a little bit. one of the world's ugliest dogs has passed away. ellwood was a chihuahua. he won the title back in 2007 and then ellwood later became the character of a children's book about self-acceptance. his owner says she doesn't know what may have caused his death but says he died peacefully in her arms on thanksgiving. sonoma county may erect a permanent memorial for a teenage boy shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. there's a makeshift memorial for 13-year-old andy lopez. he was killed when the deputy mistakenly thought the toy gun lopez was carrying was real. county supervisors are set to consider several items related to the case on tuesday. the press democrat reports that supervisors could order a plan to create a park in the moreland avenue neighborhood where lopez grew up and died. other legislation includes creating a community and law enforcement task force and

supporting state and federal bills controlling replica weapons. a controversial planned parenthood carolina clinic is scheduled to open in redwood city. the facility is located on the 2900 block of el camino roy al and will operate 20 hours a week at the start. it will provide drugs to terminate a pregnancy but not offer surgical abortions. opponents of the clinic have circulated a petition. neighbors say the clinic will drive down property values. governor jerry brown and the california legislature will receive a salary includes increase starting tomorrow. the governor's pay will go from 165,000 a year to nearly $174,000 a year. lawmakers will receive a 5% bump with most base base salaries increasing in 90 to to 95,000. the governor will accept his raise, a dozen legislators will not. a citizen compensation commission decided on the pay hike after slashing salaries by 23% in 2008. the bay area is spending more help to the typhoon

ravaged philippines. we caught up with jane sandoval, a nurse in san fransisco, and she was packing up to leave for the philippines last night. she says she's honored and humbled to assist in the relief effort organized by a network of nurses. >> my parents came from the area that was affected so in a way i'm paying homage to my parents who i no longer have, and i think that they would really be proud of that effort. >> sandoval is joining three other nurses in the philippines. the nurses network has set up mobile medical clinics to serve typhoon victims. the death toll stands at more than 5600 with close to 1800 others missing. reality tv star kim kardashian is getting blasted for keeping much of the proceeds from an auction to help typhoon victims. she auctioned off high end clothes and accessories on ebay and said a portion of the money would go to disaster relief. kardashian is keeping 90% of the profits and many of her fans are criticizing her on their blog. one person asking on her blog

how can you even sleep at night. if you would like to donate to the victims we have posted a link on ktvu.com. we at ktvu and kicu have teamed up with san fransisco forward to match your donations to the red cross dollar for dollar and you can find all that information on our web site right below the video player. there's a celebration today in san mateo county for a law to protect mountain lions that stray into populated areas. wildlife advocates will mark the signing of the new law in half-moon bay. two cougar kittens were killed by a ranger a year ago. outrage prompted a law which allows rangers to relocate mountain lions that are found not to pose a threat to humans. that law takes effect january 1 january 1st. humpback whales continue to put on a show for kayakers along the california coast. in the past few weeks there have been several reports of close up encounters along santa cruz, capitola. biologists say the best swarms

have been attracting the giants. they also say gray whales will soon by joining the show. they're expected to start migrating south in the next few weeks. the star of one of last year's catchiest summer songs is bringing some holiday spirit to san fransisco. >> ♪ hey, i just met you, and is this crazy, but here's my number. so call me maybe. car lee ray yep son will join 49ers. ronnie lot, marcus lattimore and alex boone expected to attend. the event begins at 5:00 tuesday night. time now is 8:38. let's turn back to rosemary if you're waking up and thinking, burr, it's cold outside, don't worry it's warming up right for one more day. >> our temperatures beginning to turn around. today will be the warmest day and then we will understand the meaning of burr. eventually we're going to get to down right cold temperatures even freezing with the possibility of advisories.

let's talk about here and now. a live look from san fransisco over the bay bridge. you can see patches of fog out there this morning, we are mostly sunny and it is not thick in most areas. in fact, i can't find any dense fog. that is good news for our travelers. finally wrapping up the holiday weekend. the winds are very calm, a light breeze in oakland. you can see it's easterly. easterly in fairfield so we do have an offshore breeze for today. that's going to help drive up our temperatures helping to keep the fog away. relative humidity dropping a little bit. in the hills i'm seeing the winds pick up just a little bit. could be gusty in our hills if you plan on doing hiking, here where most of us reside the winds will remain light for your afternoon. 43 in oakland, right now 42 in concord, upper 30s to low 40s santa rosa, novato, 37 in napa. 49 san fransisco. 48 in half-moon bay. this is a nice make up here, we have 48 now when we were 41 earlier this morning. and fair skies at half-moon bay. a nice change for you this

morning. yesterday waking up with gray skies. so today, again, going to be the warmest day. ridge of high pressure still in control. in fact, it's nudging in a little bit more and that is what is bringing us the offshore breeze for the afternoon today. cooling down tomorrow, a bigger drop coming tuesday through about thursday. a system in the gulf of alaska is going to be making treks towards the bay area. as it does, a wintery blast coming our way. a slight chance for showers. looks like monday night into tuesday so just a very slight chance at a few passing showers. shouldn't be much unfortunately. the winds expected to pick up as well. we could be a little breezy and blustery on tuesday. low snow levels into the foothills if we do see something fall, we may pick up a dusting in our local hills. if you're going out to see the 9ers play it's going to be a nice day. upper 60s in the forecast, a north breeze, about 10 miles per hour with mostly sunny

skies. cool start this morning if you're out early tailgating. for the afternoon around the region, upper 60s to low 70s. you can see here santa rosa, 70 degrees. upper 60s around fremont, mountain view, 70 for san jose, 71 santa cruz. these numbers a tad warmer than yesterday. mostly sunny skies, a few high clouds, that's really about it. as we get into tomorrow, notice temperatures begin to fall off, but the blustery conditions coming in tuesday eventually overnight lows will be freezing and sub freezing and advisories definitely a possibility as we get into wednesday and thursday. so that to be aware of. the very cold cold numbers as we start the morning and into the afternoon, low 50s gnat forecast. if you're going to be out and about playing i'll have a look at your lunchtime numbers coming up. even the president's daughter has rules. the social site sasha obama is not allowed to use and the privilege her older sister was just given. >> and a woman is scammed out of $450 after discovering she wasn't the only one with a surgeon pair of tickets to a

seahawks game. >> first let's give you a live look outside. traffic there at the macarthur maze. chp expecting more folks on the roadways heading home from the holiday weekend. so far so good, at least there at the maze. time now is 8:41. you're watching mornings on 2. ho ho ho ♪

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good morning san fransisco. 50 degrees outside your door. above average temperatures will remain for today. falling temperatures starting tomorrow. kyle stanford 1982, remember the play. it has some competition. what you're about to see is being called one of the greatest finishes ever to a college football game. >> 56-yarder. no, does not have the legs. takes it in the back of the end zone. he'll rub run it out to the 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, there goes davis! oh, my god! davis is going to run it all the way back! auburn's going to win the football game! he ran the missed field goal back. >> ! they took down the number 1 team in the nation, alabama, 34-28 with 1 second left in the game, alabama's 57-yard field goal came up short. chris davis caught the kick and

ran that ball back 109 yards to win on that final play of the game. likely ending alabama's chances for a third consecutive national championship. a woman in washington has been scammed by a con artist on craigslist for two nfl tickets. the woman wants to keep her name private but wants her story to be public. on monday the woman bought two tickets to a sold out game for the seahawks. it wasn't until after she turned over the $450 that she found out the tickets were fake. when she went to report what happened, she says the police told her there was nothing they could do. the megamillions jackpot continues to grow. no winner on friday so now the jackpot is up to $257 million. new rules for the megamillions jackpot aimed at creating bigger and faster growing jackpots have boosted the top prize for tuesday night's drawing. jackpots will now grow by at least $5 million. the second place prize has now

increased to $250,000. many people in the bay area will ditch the malls and turn to their computers for holiday shopping. cyber monday is expected to be a huge hit this season. that's according to the group shopper track. cyber sales last year hit $1.5 billion and retail experts say this year could reach closer to $2 billion. in 2012 online sales on thanksgiving grew 17 percent over the previous year and black friday online sales grew nearly 21%. new numbers out for black friday shopping. this year consumers spent nearly $9.8 billion at brick and mortar stores. that's a 13% drop from a year ago. a few retailers opened their stores on thanksgiving for the last few years and this year at least a dozen major retailers also did so with some opening everyone earlier in the day. that led some analysts to question whether the thanksgiving opening would take away sales on black friday. some retail stores are trying out new technology that would help them anticipate what

you might want. the technology was created by a company called index. it helps retailers target products to you based on your taste. the technology can be found within the store's payment system as well as integrated into the store's apps. cay co, a cupcake store in san fransisco is trying it out we look adamson as a backdrop for the things we do. amazon is an incredible experience online and a lot of this has to do with their ability to recognize who you are. >> the technology is limit today smaller retailers like cay co but the index founders say they're hoping it will eventually be in major retailers. president obama and his daughters contributed to small business saturday. they were seen at a bookstore in washington d. c. the president says it's become their post thanksgiving tradition. in total they picked up about 20 books. president obama says the long list included titles for every age group including his own. the president and michelle

obama is explaining why they don't let their youngest daughter on facebook. president obama told barbara walters that 12-year-old sasha is too young for the social networking site. the first lady says there's a lot on facebook that younger children don't need to see or be a part of. the older daughter malia has limited access to the site and was also recently given permission to date. first there was black friday. then there was cyber monday and now there is giving tuesday. giving tuesday was created last year at a ymca in new york city. it's a campaign to create a national day of giving at the start of the holiday season, and the idea is to set aside a day for people to give back to their communities, either with donations or by volunteering. this year more than 7500 groups are going to be taking part including san jose based ebay. today santa rosa firefighters are kicking off their toy drive. it begins with a pancake breakfast. that started ability 50 minutes ago at the the veterans

memorial building. admission is $5 or you can bridge an unwrapped toy to donate. starting on monday, barrels will collect toys in front of all santa rosa and marin county fire stations. they are going to be collecting toys for children up to 18 years old. and the state's largest gingerbread house is on display at the fairmont hotel in san fransisco. the hotel's culinary team spent hundreds of hours building that sweet treat. it took thousands of house baked gingerbread bricks. 1200 pounds of icing and 650 pounds of candy to complete that project. there's even a gingerbread dog house and you can check that house out until january 1st. a thief in fremont went on an apple picking extravaganza and stole more than 60 iphones. it happened around 5 a.m. thanksgiving morning at a cell phone store on christy street. at least one person made off with 62 iphones. they say the phones have been extremely hard to track as they had not been activated. those devices were valued at $42,000. a woman in florida is trying to figure out who the

grinch was who stole 50 christmas trees from her lot. suzanne eatable says one of her workers noticed the lot looking a little thin. she said it's no easy task to fill the lot. she has to drive to north carolina in october, pick out the trees, come back and set them up. >> i feel like i did the leg work and i prepared to do this the right way and somebody took advantage of it. >> eaten says the loss of 50 trees will cost her about $5000. she is hoping whoever took them will return them. in the meantime she's looking for ways to secure the remaining trees in the lot. and in other news this morning, vice president joe bind is going to lead an important mission to asia. he will arrive in japan and head to china and south korea. he will also visit the new u.s. ambassador to japan caroline kennedy and place a wreath in the cemetery honoring fallening u.s. troops. we have developing news from new york. we want to show you some live

pictures of this train derailment. you can see that mess out there. this derailment killed four people and president obama just issued a statement saying his thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of the victims. the white house says the president will be in touch with new york officials throughout the day. the ntsb is sending a team to that site to investigate. 63 other people were also hurt in that accident. trapped for nine days under a destroyed apartment building, the reunion between a man and she has dog after dead -- and his dog after deadly tornadoes ripped through the midwest. >> working out while at work, the new desk people are calling a step in the right direction. i love watching tv outside.

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this is dexter. he's six months old and he's a pit bull and he was found alive buried under rubble nine days after a series of deadly tornadoes hit illinois. his owner says he spent days looking for dexter after those storms passed and then on tuesday, a neighbor called saying a crew had found him under the rubble of his destroyed apartment, and here is the amazing part. he wasn't hurt. dexter only had a few scrapes and cuts. happening today the national zoo will announce the name of the giant panda cub that was born back in august following chinese tradition, the zoo has waited 100 days to release the name of the cub. zoo officials left it up to the public to decide out of five proposed names, more than 123,000 people voted online.

that naming ceremony will be at 1:00 this afternoon eastern time in washington d. c., but the panda itself will not make its first public appearance until january. friday's box office numbers are in, and movie goers appeared to have an appetite for leftovers. >> this is the 75th year of the hunger games. >> the hunger games catching fire continues to remain on top. on friday the movie brought in $31.2 million. the film is on track to break the five-day thanksgiving holiday record held by harry potter and the sore sorer's stone. frozen came in second. a new trend is making its way across the country and it's helping people burn calories while on the clock. imagine instead of sitting behind the desk these people are stepping into action literally thanks to an iowa company, a new desk has been created that allows employees to work on the computer while

they're walking on the treadmill. >> sitting is the new smoking. the research coming out, sitting ruins your metabolism. muscle strength goes away. >> well, most treadmill desk models don't go faster than 2 miles an hour, so you don't break a sweat. health experts say the desks are a step in the right direction because they promote healthier lifestyles. >> what do you think? you in or out is this. >> i don't know. i think you have to get your heart rate up. i hope that happens. it might be a good idea when it gets so cold we don't want to go outside. >> the cold's coming. >> yes, you're right. and there's a chill in the air still this morning. so perhaps a good morning for a run. patchy fog out there but it's not patchy and dense. it will be dissipating and left with mostly sunny skies for your afternoon. the next couple of hours temperatures will combinatory bound. we're into the 40s and low 50s if the 9:00 hour. upper 40s to mid-50s by 10:00 so feeling better and then in time for lunch widespread upper

50s to mid-60s. for the afternoon today slightly warmer in most locations. 70 degrees for napa. 66 for san fransisco, upper 60s mountain view, a great day to head out and do some shopping, pick up your tree, hang your lights. changes coming as early as tomorrow and very cold weather coming our way, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. slight chance for a few sprinkles tuesday morning. >> you gave us a lot to do. >> or relax. do nothing. watch football mike. >> that sounds perfect, actually. thanks for the suggestion. >> he likes that better. >> that's our report for this morning. we appreciate you making channel 2 action news your choice for news. >> and stay tuned for the 9ers rams game. our next newscast is at 5. have a great sunday.

it's already week 13 in the nfl. lights are brighter than ever. every single remaining game is crucial on this journey to super bowl xlviii. this week we've seen some teams take care of business. others find themselves on the outside looking in. today the stakes are higher than ever. the bears hope to keep pace